Understanding and challenging TB stigma: toolkit for action

This toolkit, developed in response to the need to address TB stigma especially where TB and HIV co-infection rates are high, contains a range of participatory games, exercises and picture tools to help address TB stigma, suitable for a range of contexts and settings. It is meant to help trainers and health educators to plan and organise participatory educational sessions with community leaders or organised groups to raise awareness and promote practical action to challenge HIV and TB stigma and discrimination.

It includes 19 participatory exercises with clear and easy to follow instructions aimed at exploring different issues related to TB and stigma. It is primarily intended for use by NGO support programmes in Africa who are working on, or intend to work on TB and HIV related issues. The toolkit will also be useful to NGOs and CBOs themselves as well as training organisations and individual trainers working on TB and HIV-related issues.